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How Britain can become the OPEC of orbital renewables.

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Tom Jones
May 28, 2025
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was, for once, humming with chatter of the lobby. Rumours had been swirling about Miliband’s future; now his government was going for Growth, could Starmer afford his Net Zero plans? Could Britain? Now Greta Thunberg is a Gaza activist, could the green hangover of the 2010s be dispensed with? London hasn’t…

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